Pulling-over machine



J. T. LANCASTER.A PuLLlNG-vER. MACHINE,

APPLICATION FILED MARLZ' |915.

Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

1 T. LANCASTER..

.PULLlNG-OVER MACHINE.

. APPLICATlON FILED'MAR. 2, |915.

1,333,587. Patented Mar. 9,1920.

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UNITED srA'rEs lPATENT oEEioE.

JOHN T. LANCASTER, OE BEVERLY, MAssAoHUsET'rs, AssIGNoE, BY MEsNE'AssIGN- e MENTS, To UNITEDv sHOE .MACHINERY CORPORATION, or IPATERsoN, NEW JERSEY,

A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

rU'LLING-OVEE, MAQHINE.

Be it vknown ythat I, JOHN T. LANCASTER,

a citizen of the United States, residing. at `Beverly, in the county of' Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Imrprovements in Pulling-Over 'Machinesg'of which` the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawingsgis a specification, like reference y characters on the drawings indicating like parts in thev several figures.

This inventionV relates to machines for v use in the manufacture of shoes and particularly toyupper pulling machines, and is rherein shown as embodied in a machine having means for pulling an upper o ver a last 4at the toe and at opposite sides of the forepart of the last.

In machines of a well known type as .previously constructed the toe lgripperis yield- Y ingly connected with power operating mechanisrnl by which it, Vin company with side grippers, seizes thek upper and pulls it and thenV comes to rest ,holding the upper under tension for inspection and adjustment. When the machine is restarted the ,toel gripper, again in company with and in predetermined time relation to the side grippers,

iis'made' by' the power mechanism to overdraw the upper into position for the wip-` ing and fastening mechanism to ltake control ofthe upper and secure it to thev shoe sole or y innersole. lpendent movement of-*the toe gripper whileL Vthe machine is at rest holding the upperunder tension .but such movement must .be manually eiiected by reaching upto a handle on There is opportunity for Vindelthe front end of the yupdraw lever. That handle must be further elevated to increase theV tension on the upper and lit must vhe pulled down to relax the tension. There is no means to secure the toe vgripper in the position to vwhich it is'manually moved.. All of the power driven 'kupperpulling movements off the toe gripper are yielding'ly effected through spring which must be Weakk enough to insurer against overstraining or tearing the uppers.

The present invention has for an object tojprovide improved means for 'operating grippers and, in one aspect,y 'particularly7 gtQr-QPerating .the gripper .of pa pullnsf specification f Letters-Patent.

over machine. t An important feature of this Patented Mar. 9, 1920. Y Application lecvlfllliarch 2, 19V-15.A i Serial No.-11,539. i

invention consists in the combination with a toe gripper of a pulling-over machine and power operating mechanism therefor, of manually controlled means by which the power mechanism may be made to operate the toe gripper as desired. In the embodiment of the invention herein shown,y said means is constructed and arranged toy cause said mechanism to move the toe gripper either in the direction to tension the upper or in the direction to relaX'tension previously applied. Also in the construction shown the power` mechanism may be made to open thetoegripper independently of the normal operation of thehmachine and the grip-per may,` if desired, 'be made by said mechanism to rengage the upper at such feature of this vinvention consists in means to cause power mechanism to` operate the Vother point `as may bey required. Another y toe gripper ofv a pulling-over machine independently' of the side grippers. l The illustrated embodiment of the invention provides means for causing the power vmechanism to move the toe Vgripper either upwardly or downwardly without disturbingjthe side grippers.

i A further featurevof this invention, as

embodied in a pulling-over machine com'-y prising .a toe gripper and upper fastening means and power mechanism connected with the gripper and fasteningl means and having. a normal cycle in which it causes'the gripper to pull the upper andfthehiastening means to fasten it, consists in the provision of manuallycontrolled means which may be l used at the will of the operator to cause the powermechanism to change the'tensionl of the portion ofthe upper held bythe toe gripper;

In still another 'aspect the invention provides novel means Whereb-y the toe `gri-pfper and the side grippers of a pulling-over machine may be moved at the will of the op.- erator to `vary as desired the tension of the upper both longitudinally and transverselyA ofthe last. v.-

These and other `features of the invention including certain details of construction and combinations of parts will now be describedr Wththad 0f ,theaccompanyng drawings, v

which show,7 fill illustrative embodiment of the invention, and will then be pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side eleva-V tion of a pulling-over mach-ine of the type shownl andV fully described in United States Letters Patent No. 1,029,387, granted June 11, V1912, on application ofV Ronald `F. McFeely, and equipped with this invention, and

'Figa 2 is arperspe'ctive view, on a` larger Y scale than Fig. 1, of some of the important parts of the machine provided by this in I pulley. The pinion 2 kdrives continuously a. gear 4, Fig. 1, located at the left hand side of the vertical median plane of the machine and associated with theftoe gripper and the left hand side gripper as will be described. On the right hand side of saidv vertical 1nedian plane is a similar gear and Vconnections therefrom to the, side gripper on that side i of the machine, said connections being duf plicates lof those which will be described for thel'eft hand side of the machine and therefore requiring no explanation. Y

The gear 4 is fast on short shaft carry ing a worm @which engages a worm kgear 8 and thereby drives a vert-ical shaft 10. The vertical shaft carries on its upper end a Worm 12 ,engaging a worm gear 14 by which a shaft 16 extendinglongitudinally of the 7 machine is Vcontinuously rotated in bearings A V formed for itin a bracket'attafched tothe side p f the machine.

. The continuously rotated longitudinal shaft flrhwas on its front end a worm 100, Figs. 1 and 2, engaging a worm gear 102 on Aa short vertical shaft 10.6 which is therefore continnouslydriven. The shaft 106 has on itsY head a beveled gear108 which is located between and adapted to have driving engagement.withl both of tivo beveled gears k110 and 112 which are loose on a transverse shaft 114. The shaft 114 has fastened on it a. pinion 116 which meshes with a larger pinion theV lower end of a lever 120, Figs, 1 yand vLever fulcrumed on .a .plate 122 rigicllvattaehed to the ymachine frame for that :purpose see Fe'- L end-the hub Aof the lever 5.5 ,heegseeriteetahvJamel; ,it baeidrivisa pinion 2V formed on a constantly running `4118 that is engaged by la segmental racl on gagement with a segmental gear 123 that is fastened to the toe gripper andrew lever 124 pivoted on fulcrum rod '146.

The updraw lever 124 supports, near its front end, the toe gripper '125 and at itsrear` 70 end said lever is connected through an adjustably tensione'd'spring 126 with a slide c 127 which carries a roll standing in a track in a' cam block 128 on the cam shaft 55 Y,which is driven at times by a pulley 129 7 belted toa' pulley 131 on the base shaft 1, there being treadle controlled clutch between the pulley 131 and the constantly running pulley carrying pinion 2. Thel side grippers 47 are suspended vkfrom updraw levers 45, fulcrumed onf-rod 146 vand connected .through adjustablv tensioned springs 4 8 with.a slide 49 having a roll standing in a cam` track in the front face of the brake cam50 on shaft A5,5. by which the lmachine is `stopped `automatically with the upper undertension and again at the end ef the cycle of the machine.V This updraw mechanism is'the same as that employed in the machine of said McFeely patent and const itutesv pulling-over means, and power operated mechanism therefor having a normalA cycle of `moveme nt-s and arranged V,to cause lthe grippers yto Vseize the upper and Y come to rest with .the upper under tension for inspection and adjustment, Aas explained in said patent. There is also associated with Y' each gripper atacker which is operated by said power mechanism to fasten the oulled over upper when they machine is res -arted The machinel can be operated to pull 4over shoes precisely as provided for in said Mc@ Feely patent and independently of the new mechanism which is provided by this invention if so desired.Y Y Y i The. new mechanism vconnected, vwith theV toe ygripper updraw lever is Vmanually .controlled by a hand lever 130 fulcrumed on a t stud 132, Fig, 2 and connected 'to the inner @nu of sien n4. t@ Sud@ Sala Shift andere noY pinionllendwise. The pinion has on each ionda ratchet face Vgulapted .to `clutch `with a similar ra-:tchetface on the adjacent end .Y of one or the other of the lcontinuously driven'beveled gears 110, 112 which run in 115 `opposite directions .on the shaft 114 and are free on said shaftexcept when they vclutched to it by the pinion 11.6. The pinion Y is wide enoughsto maint-ain driving engagef ment with pinion 118 in all positions and 120 when it is .clutched to the beveled gear it, will beV turned'in the direction of the arrow on the hub ofV that gear and will notate pinion 118 in the direction` to swing lever Vrearwardly and through segment .Q'Ql' 125 123'will raise the gripper carrying end of tuodraw lever 12,4. The hand lever2130 and .,eonneetene lCerlstitilte the 4illustrated ein g bodment of means under Control of the @essere @aisselle operating through pinion 2 and connections to shaft 114 and updrawlever 124, to in-V crease or decrease the'tension under which the toe gripper holds the upper.` Infpra'ctice the updraw spring 126 may be'adjusted to fa tension which will be only suiiicient to pull up the upper lightly and straighten it on the lastafte`r which the final pull, and it may be the chief upper stretching, will be effected by use of the said means under control of the operator tocause the power mechanism to increase the tension. `The initial pull is a yielding one Athe'extent of 'which'may be measured in units of force. The second pull is unyielding and may be measured in units of length,and it is entirely underv control ofthe operator. The final and most critical portion of the upper stretching operation may-thus be effected in such manner that the operator is afforded the opportunity to observe carefully the condition of the stock and to stop Vthe upper tensioning operation whenlthe condition of the stock andthe position of the tip seam indicate that no further pulling is desirable. To facilitate manual control the clutchY faces on the pinion 116 and the gears 112, 110 are backwardly faced ratchet teeth adapted to slip past each other whenever the resistance to movement of the toe gripper exceeds the force with which the operatorl is pressing the hand lever 130. Y f

A Vcommon practice of many operators is to set the toe gripperv spring-126 to causeV a strong pull to be applied by that gripper longitudinally of the upper to pull theupper forwardly on the last, and duringthe period rof rest the operator reaches up to the toe gripper lever and. manually `relieves the longitudinal tension so that the side grippers can better pull the upper transversely of the last down to the wood between the toe and the instep of the last.- y When a machine is equipped with the illustrated embodiment of this invention the same result can be ac-A complislied much easier and more expeditiously -by swinging the hand lever 130 toward the left, Fig. 2, and causing the power mechanism, through beveled gear 112 and pinion 118, to lower the toe gripper and decrease the longitudinal tension on the upper.

If it is observed, after the final pull on the upper, that successful results in V,the subsequent over-drawing of the' upper into position to be secured to the innersole require that the toe gripper engage the upper at a different distance from the edge,` this gripper may be lowered by power under control of the lever 130 far enough to causeits jaws to be opened by the automatic means characteristic of the illustrative type of ma- `chine and more fully shown and described in United States Letters PatentvNo. 1,030,264, granted on June 18. '1912, upon the application of R. E MeFeely.l Theupper may .then be readjusted in the gripper,` after For causing the toe gripper to maintain-v` the position to which it is moved by the use of the described manual control of the power mechanismy the shaft 114 hasy on its outer end, F 2, two peripheral series of oppositely faced ratchet teeth with which cooperate opposed pawls 140, 142 held to their work by springs 141, 143. The ratchet teeth of both series run outfto a smooth peripheral surface located between them and which, in the central position of the endwise movable shaft and the hand lever130, holds both pawls out of touch with the ratchet teeth.

The use of the present invention on a pulling-over machine v'of the type shown in the said priorpatent is very advantageous, as will 'be understood from the explanation whichhas been given. Further advantages are obtained b-y the use in that machine of Yadditional lmanually controlled means for causing the power mechanism to increase or decrease the tension applied by the side grippers, and manually controlled means for Y this purpose which is adapted. for use in co- .which it can be made to drive one'ory the other of two beveled gears`24, 25'for turning in one direction or the other a beveled gear 32 fast on the lower end fof a short vertical shaft the upper end of which is a screw 35 operating in a block 36 having connection through slide 38 and fork 41, 42 with the rear end of the left hand side gripper lever'45. l i.

The hand lever 30, clutch member 18 and screw 35 constitute manually controlled means by which the power operating mecharuis'm can be made to raise and lower the left hand side gripper. Duplicate means'is provided on the other side of the machine to raise and lower the other side gripper, and the adjacentfends of the hand levers 301for said side grippers are arranged in suoli proxxiniity that they can, if desired, be inanipulated simultaneously. by the same hand of the operator while he en'iplo-ys his other hand iis Y to manipulate the hand'lever 130, whereby the toe and side grippers will all be responsive to simultaneous manual control.

A. brake 145 arranged to engage the shaft 114 serves to hold the shaft adjustedsendwise in either direction with locking pawl 140, or 142 in engagement'with its ratchety .teeth t0 look. the toe'gripper up yor down.l

The brake readily allows the shaft to be moved endwise by lever 130 to central position te cause the tapered ends of the ratchet `teethto force the pawl 1410, or 142, whicherator after each use, and thereby shifting shaft 114V endwise to disengage the'holding pa'wls lfrom their ratchets, an arm 7i is tulcrumed at 73 andV has a connection, not shown, with the brake rod 76 by` which the arm 7&1 is swung upwardly when the brake is released and the machine started for taching the upper. A link 150 extends from arm 7-1 forwardly and upwardly to a swinging cam 152, pivoted at 154, and having a tapering guideway, Fig. 2, for a roll 155 that depends from the hand lever 130. llVhen the cam 159l is swung forwardly one or the other wall ol the guideway will engage the roll and wedge it and `hand lever 1230 to central position. The arm 7 L1 has also a tapering `recessin its upper facethe walls of which are adapted to engage a roll 7:2 on the hand lever 30 and restore said lever and the parte controlled by it to `normal position wlienthe machine is restarted for operating the tackers. A similarly formed and operated arm 7 11 at the opposite side of the machine simultaneously restores the right hand lever 30 to normal position when the machine is restarted. The toe tacker lis shown at 156 and one of the side tackers at 157 in Fig. 1.

yHaving explained the natureof .this invention and described an illustrative machine embodying the same in the lbest vtorni now known to me, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. A pulling-over machine having, in combination, toe and side grippers, constantly driven power operating mechanism, and means under control of the operator for connecting said power operating mechanism to the toe gripper alone to move the toe gripper without moving the side grippers from the positions which they occupy at the beginning of such movement of the toe gripper.

2. A pulling-over machine having, in combination, toe and Vside grippers, constantly ldriven power operating mechanism, and

means under control of the operatorcon` structed and arranged to connect said power operating mechanism to theV toe gripper alone to impart-t0 the toe gripper an upper pulling movement independent of the movements of the side grippers.

3. A pulling-over machine having, in com- VVbination,vtoe and side grippers, power operating mechanism having Qperative Y celine@- tions with the toe and side grippers for causing them to pull a shoe upper, and manually controlled means by which theV power operating mechanism can be made to-inove the' toe gripper independently of the side grippers to relaX the pullV on theportion of upper held by the toe gripper. Y

4, A pulling-over machine having, in coinbination, toe and side gripperspower operating mechanism, connections between said mechanism and the toe and side grippers for causing them to .pull a shoe upper and come to restholding the upper under tension longitudinally and transversely of the shoe, and manually controlled means-for causing the 4powerV operating mechanism to change the tension on the upper effected by the toe gripper without similarly changing the tension inthe direction in which, the side grippers are pulling the upper.

5. A pulling-over machine having, in combination, toe and side grippers, power operating mechanism, connections between said mechanism and the toe andV side grippers for causing them to pull a shoe upper and come to rest holding the AVupper yieldingly under tension, and manually controlled means for causing Y the power operating mechanism positively to move the toe gripper alone in a ydirection tol change the tension, Y Y

6. A pulling-over machine having, in coni'- bination, toe and side grippers, power operating mechanisi'n, means connecting said mechanism yieldingly with the toe gripper to impart upper pulling movements to said gripper, fand means under control oi" the operator for causing said mechanismk to impart an unyielding upper pulling movement to the toe grippenj 7. A pulling-over machine having, in combination, toe and side grippers, power operating inechanism, means connecting said mechanism yieldinglywith the toe gripper to impart upper pulling movement to said gripper and come to rest with the gripper holding the upper under tension, and means under control ofthe operator by which said mechanisminay be caused to move the toe gripper unyieldinglyr either to increase or to relax the tension. Y

8f. YA pulling-over machine having, in combination, toe and vside grippers, power operating mechanism, means connecting said mechanism with thetoe gripper to impart upper pulling movements to said gripper, and means under control of the operator Jfor causing said mechanismto open the' toe gripper independently of the side grippers,

' 9. A pulling-over machine having, in combination, toe and side grippers, power opery ating mechanism and connections theretofor giving normal movements to the toe gripper,

Aand manually controlled means by which 'the renier @relating mechanism may he made to give to thetoe gripper alonemovement additional to its normal movementsi 10. A pulling-,over `n'iachine having, in combination, toe and side grippers, fpower operated mechanism connected with the toe gripper to impart'upper pulling movements to said'gripper, and means undercontrol of the operator for causing said mechanism to open the toe gripper alone and to rengage it` with the upper. V Y

11. A .pulling-over machine having, in combination, `toe and side grippers, power operating mechanism and connections` to the toe and side grippers to effect pulling of the upper, and means under control of the operatory for causing said mechanism to operate the toe gripper for increasmgor for relax-VV Ving the tension of the upper independently of the side grippers.

12. A pulling-over machine having, in'

combination, a toe gripper, a toe tacker, power operating mechanism and connections to the gripper and the tacker and having a normal cycle of operation in which the gripper is caused to pull the upper and the tacker to fasten the upper, and manually controlled means which may beused at the will of the operator to causethe power operyatinginechanism to effect additional movements of the toe gripper alone. l 13. A pulling-overv machine having, in

V combination, .a toe gripper,.a toe tacker,

power operating mechanism and connections to the gripper and the tacker and having a normal cycle of operation in which the gripper is caused to pull the upper and the tacker to fasten the upper, and manually controlled means which may be used ,at the will of the operator to cause the power operating mechanism to effect release ofthe upper by the toe gripper alone prior to the normal time for such release in the cycle of the machines operation. l

14. A pulling-Over machine having, in combination, a toe gripper, side grippers, power'operated mechanism for updrawing said grippers, andk means under control of the operator as he stands in workingposition ffor causing said mechanism to in- 'crease `or decrease the updraw oitV the toe gripper independently of the side grippers. 15. A pulling-over machine having, in combination, a toe Y. gripper, side grippers, alast rest, power operated mechanism for moving said Vgrippers and the lastrest relatively to stretch an upper longitudinally and transversely, and means under control of the operator as he stands in working position for causing ysaid power operated mechanism to increase or .stretchingproduced by the relative movementv of the last rest and the toexgripper, without affecting .the stretching produced by the relative movement of said rest and the side grippers.

decrease the be caused further to pull the upper either v longitudinally or transversely.-

17. A pulling-over machine having, f

combination, a toe gripper, side lgrippers, mechamsmfor moving said grippers to pull an Lipper longitudinally: and transversely,

and-power driven mechanism under control of theoperator by which to increase or decrease either the longitudinal or the transverse pull upon the upper. Y 1

18.r A pulling-over machine having, in combination, pulling-over means including a toe gripper, upper fastening means, power operated mechanism constructed and arranged to cause the pulling-overmeans to come to rest with' the toe gripper holding the upper under tension for inspection and tocause the fastening means to fasten the upper whenthe machine is restarted, and means by which the toe gripper can be causedto change the tension on. the upper and is locked to hold the upper under the changed tension for the operation off kthe p upper when the machine is restarted, and

means by which the poweroperatedmechanismv can bemade to-increase orl decrease the tension on the upper held by the toe gripper and maintain the changed tension for the operation of the fastening means.

20. Ak pulling-over machine having, -in combination, pulling-over means for stretching an upper transversely and longitudinally of a llast including a toe gripper, mechanism for imparting normal movements to the gripper, and manually controlled'power operated mechanism by which to impart other movements to thetoe gripper independently of the Yremainder of the pullingover means. 1 I A 7 21. A pulling-over machine having, in combination, a gripper, means by which the gripper can be moved, and means for locking the gripper against return movement comprising an endwise ymovable shaft connected with the gripper to be rotated when the ygripper is ymoved and having two peripheral series of oppositely 'faced ratchet teeth separated by an untoothed peripheral "face, andy oppositely faced locking pawls constructed and arranged relatively lto `the the shaft is displaced endwise in 'one direc'- tion' or the other and to engage the untoothed peripheral face when the shaft is in its central longitudinal position.`

22. A pulling-over ymachine having, in combination, toe yand side grippers, power operating mechanism, and means to connect said power operating mechanism to the toe gripper alone to operate the tee gripper independently of the side grippers.

23'. Ay pulling-over machine having, in combination a plurality of upper pulling devices including a tee gripper, power operated'mechanism for actuating said devices, and means under the control of the operator for applying said power' operated mechanism 'to the toe gripper-1 alone.

24; A machine for fitting uppers to lasts having, in combination, means adapted. to engaged-re forepart of the upper' and pull the' upper loi'igitudinally of al last, and power operated means arranged to1 cause the pulling' means to pull the upper in a direction lengthwise of the last only and hold it under tension and, at the will ofl the op-` erator, to' iel-ieve the pull in said direction and allow the upper to' slack back to a lim-A ited extent.

25.-'A machine for fitting upper to lasts having, in combination, means to pull an upper lengthwise of a last down the instep ineline of the last and hold the upper under tension while the upper at the sides of the ball is pulled transversely of the-last,l and power mechanism under control of the operator for moving reversely `the pulling means to allow the upper to slack back toward the instep incline of the last after the upper has been pulled transversely at the ball of the last while maintaining the tension applied by the pulling means acting transversely of the last.

26g A pulling-over machine having, in combination, grippers for engaging an upper on a last, power operating mechanism for effecting relative movement of thelast and said grippers te tension the upper both lo'ngitudinally' and transversely of Vthe last, and manually controlled means for making operative connection with said power operating mechanism to cause said mechanism to change the tension of the upper longitudinally of the last without affecting the transverse tension.

'27. A pulling-over machine having, in combination, toe" and side grippers for engaging an upper o'n'a last, power operated mechanism for' eiect'ing 'relative movement of the last and said grippers to tension the upper over the last, and maifiual'l-yr controlled means :tor connecting the toe gripper to power operated mechanismto cause the toe gripper alone to be' movedt'o Avary' the tension of the upper longitudinally of the last.Iv

28'. Ar pulling-over machine having, in

combination,- toe and side grippers, power operated mechanism connected to said grippers to cause them topull anlupper over a last, and additional connections between said V power operated mechanism and the toe gripper and side grippers arranged `for separate manual control to permit the tension of the upper longitudinally and transversely of the last to be varied independently at the will of the operator. 29. A.- pulling-over' machine having, in combina-tiem toeand side grippers, power operated means connected toAV said grippers to cause them to pull an upper overa last, supplemental power driven mechanisms for effecting additional movements of thetoe and side grippers independently of each other, and a manually operated Gontrolling member tor each of said mechanisms to render it eiiective to move its connected gripper.

30. -A pulling-over machine having, in

combination, a toev gripper, side grippers, power operated mechanism connected to said gripper's for imparting upper pulling movements thereto, supplemental manually controlled means for causing said power operated mechanism to effect a subsequent movement of the toe gripper to change' the tension of the upper longitudinally of the last,` means for locking the toe gripper in the position to* which it is `moved by said supplemental means, and power driven means for unlocking the toe gripper' to permit it to return to its initial position.- Y 531.y A pullingover machine hearing,y in combination, a toe gripper,y side grippers, r mechanism for causing said grippers to seize an upper, and means under control of the operator by which the toe' gripper and the side grippeis may be made independcntly to pull the upper.

32. A machine of the class described having, in combination, grippers for engaging anA upper at the toe and at opposite sides of a last', power driven operating mechanism, connections tozsaid mechanism for effecting 115 relative movement of said grippers and the last to pull the upper, and means for enabling the operator to render said mechanism eiiectiveA subsequently to cause independent movements of the toe gripper and the side 120 gri-ppers for changing the relative tension of the upper longitudinally and transversely of the last l 33. A machine ot' the class described having, in combination grippers for engaging 12.5 an upper at the toe and at opposite sides of a last, constantly driven power operating mechanism, means for causing said mechanism to effect a relative movement of the grippers and the last to pull-the uppeig-v and 130 independently oil the side grippers in a direction to change the tension of the upper lengthwise of the last.

3a. A machine of the class vdescribed having, in combination, grippers for engaging an upper at the toe and at opposite sides of.

a last, power operating mechanism, connections between said mechanism and the grippers for operating said grippersl to pull the upper, and additional connections between said mechanism and the toe gripper arranged for manual control to render said mechanism effective subsequently to move the toe gripper at the will of the operator in a direction to change the tension of the upper without similarly moving the side grippers.

85. A machine of the class described having, in combination, grippers for engaging an upper at the toe and at opposite sides of a last, power operated means for effecting relative movement of the last and said grippers to pull the upper, and p ower operated means subject to manual control for subsequently moving the toe gripper alone a distance determined by the operator for changing the tension of the upper.

36. A machine of the class described having, in combination, grippers for engaging an upper at the toe and at opposite sides of a last, means Jfor moving said toe and lside grippers to pull the upper,-connections to the toe gripper normally idle during said movement of the grippers, and means for subsequently applying power through said con-- nections to move the toe gripper independently oit the side grippers in a direction to change the tension of the upper.

37. A machine of the class described having, in combination, grippersV for engaging an upper at the toe and at opposite sides of a last, means for edecting relative movement of the last and said grippers to pull the upper, and power operated connections to the toe gripper for subsequently effecting a movementoi' the toe gripper independently kof the side grippers in a direction to change the tension of the upper,

38. A machine of the class described having, in combination, grippers for engaging an upper at the toe and at opposite sides of a last, mechanism having a prescribed range of movement for operating said grippers to pull the upper, and additional power driven mechanisml arranged for manual control to impart to the toe gripper subsequentlyv a movement of an extent determined by the operator in a direction to changethe tension of the upper.

39. A machine of the class describedhaving, in combination, a gripper for engaging an upper at the toe end of a last, means for eii'ecting relative movement of said gripper and the last to pull the upper including yieldable connections to theto'e gripper for [causing the upper to be subj ected to yielding tension, and means for effecting a connection with said toe gripper to control it independently of saidyieldable connections.

40. A machine of thecclass described having, in combination, aigripperior engaging an upper at the toe end of a last, power e driven means `for. operatingsaid kgripper to pull the upper, manual means forcontrolling said power driven means, and vmeans controlled by said manual means for locking driven operating mechanism, and connections between said mechanism and the gripper including a clutch constructed and arranged for manual control to move said gripper variable distances as determined by the operator either to pull the upper or to relax the tension.

42. A machine of the class described having, in combination, a gripper for engaging an upper on a last, oppositely rotatable driving members, a drivenmember connected to said gripper, and means 'for effecting connection between said driven member and either of said 'driving members alternatively at the will of the operator to cause the gripper to be moved either in a direction to pull the upper or in a direction to relax the tension of the upper. l

43. A machine of the class described having, in combination, a toe gripper, side grippers, means for effecting relative movement of said grippers and a last to pull an upper both longitudinally and transversely, and Y power operated mechanism` arranged for manual control to permit the longitudinal and transverse tensions of the upper to be changed variably as determined by the operator. l

i4. A machine of the class describedhaving, in combination, a toe gripper for pulling an upper longitudinally, sidey grippers for pulling the upper transversely, constantly driven power operating mechanism, and manual controlling means whereby the operator may cause saidmechanism to operate said grippers to tension ythe upper longitudinally and transversely at 'different respective times.

45. A machine of the class described having, in combination, a toe gripper for' pulling an upper longitudinally, side grippers for pulling the upper transversely, constantly driven power operating mechanism, means for causing said mechanism to effect a relative-movement of the grippers and a last to pull the upper, and meansfor rendering said mechanism effective subsequently to vary alternately the longitudinal and the transverse tensions of the upper.

v 46. A machine of the class described hava last, power driven means for eecting relative movement of sand griippers and the last e to pull the upper; additional power driven means under control of the operator for moving the toe gripper subsequently in a direction to increase the iongitudinaitenslon lof the upper,` and means for locking the' toe gripper to held the upper' under the increased longitl'ldinalI tension.

In testimony whereof I have signed my neme to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. Y

JOHN T. LANCASTER.

Witnesses: I

CHESTER Et Roenes, ABBIE L. FREAR.V Y 

